New Research On Addiction And The Brain12:48

In this Saturday, March 2, 2013 photo, a woman smokes a cigarette while sitting in her truck in Hayneville, Ala.

What if scientists could trigger an addiction in your brain to a substance you've never actually experienced before? The science is possible, at least in mice — researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School were able to give mice withdrawal symptoms to nicotine, even though the mice had never had any before.

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"Among the findings of some University of Massachusetts Medical School scientists is that addiction appears to permanently affect the connections between areas of the brain to almost 'hard-wire' the brain to support the addiction."